Neal Clements, 22, was charged with allowing an open house party at the Fernandina Beach, Fla., home where former Tennessee freshman All-American offensive lineman Aaron Douglas died on May 12.
Nathaniel Flanders, 21, was charged with allowing an open house party at the Fernandina Beach, Fla., home where former Tennessee freshman All-American offensive lineman Aaron Douglas died on May 12.
Daniel Stouter, 24, was charged with allowing an open house party at the Fernandina Beach, Fla., home where former Tennessee freshman All-American offensive lineman Aaron Douglas died on May 12.
Dana Luberto, 23, was charged with allowing an open house party at the Fernandina Beach, Fla., home where former Tennessee freshman All-American offensive lineman Aaron Douglas died on May 12.
Four residents of the house where former Tennessee football player Aaron Douglas was found dead of a drug overdose in May have been charged with allowing an open house party “wherein at least 16 persons under the age of 21 were allowed to consume alcohol and/or narcotics,” the Fernandina Beach (Fla.) Police Department announced Thursday.
Daniel Stouter, 24, Dana Luberto, 23, Neal Clements 22, and Nathaniel Flanders 21, all were charged with the third-degree misdemeanor. The four residents were allowed to turn themselves in and respectively post the required $5,002 bond to avoid jail time, police captain David Bishop told the News Sentinel on Thursday.
As of late Thursday afternoon, Flanders and Luberto had yet to turn themselves in, but were expected to, Bishop said.
A third-degree misdemeanor in the state of Florida does not typically result in jail time.
In a release, the police department wrote that it continues to investigate Douglas’ death. Additional charges for those who also attended the party are pending.
Bishop said the police department conducted multiple interviews with the residents and other partygoers before it concluded that Florida’s open house party policy, which prohibits hosts from knowingly serving alcohol to minors, was violated by the residents.
Douglas, who had transferred to Alabama for the 2011 season, had multiple drugs, including methadone, diazepam and traces of oxycodone in his system when he was found dead early May 12 on the second-floor balcony at the home on 2570 First Avenue. Following a dinner in Jacksonville, Douglas, who was last seen alive at 2 a.m. that day, was traveling by taxi when he received a phone call from two local women, who invited him to a party.
Douglas, 21, a former freshman All-America offensive tackle with the Vols in 2009, transferred from UT after the coaching change from Lane Kiffin to Derek Dooley before his sophomore season. The former Maryville High star played one season at Arizona Western College before inking with Alabama at the end of 2010.
The son of a former UT football star, David, and a former Lady Vols basketball player, Karla, Douglas had a strong spring with the Crimson Tide and was in line to see playing time at left tackle.
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Comments » 31
GreerVol22 writes:
I never had the guts to try drugs. I hope this is the last party of that kind that these poop heads ever attend.
TheOpinion writes:
Dumb. If you want to go to a party and consume alcohol or drugs its your choice. Nobody wants to be the guy that's telling people to leave and get out.
halloffamebowler writes:
Drugs don't kill.Nothing wrong with college kids drinking,driving,popping pills,having sex while in college. They all do it.
The above statements are not the way I feel nor what I believe.They are statements I have read that were posted by others on govols.com.
Alcohol and drugs are wrong as can be.Please don't do these things.Life and the ability to control your thinking depends on it.
Do you really need them? Do you really need for someone to tell you the next morning what kind of a good or bad time you had the night before?
FatherVol writes:
The truth is you had the guts NOT to try drugs. It's so easy to fall into drug usage. Anyone could do that. But, only those with courage can say "No" to such potentially harmful behavior.
NashvillePreds writes:
I concur with the above statement.
This is selective prosecution.
Colliervol writes:
They should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. And they need to find out who the source of the drugs was and nail them too. Voluntary manslaughter sounds like a good start.
pomp_and_circumstance writes:
Follow the female trail. Who were these woman that called him and lured him? Good sticking point, Gribble. Follow it.
TennVol01 writes:
Aaron Douglas made the wrong choices that night. I hope current and future athletes learn from this lesson.
vol98champ writes:
It sounds as though the Florida police are at least trying to find answers. Hope they do and scare the daylights out of young folks that are doing stupid, maybe fatal Lenny Bias and Aaron Douglas experimentations with drugs etc.
ncvol17 writes:
Well certainly doesn't take a psychic to tell you are not a parent.
Snapshot writes:
I'm about over these articles leading with 'former Tenn. player", why not say former Ariz. Western player or former Ala. player, which is what he was? Tragic end to his life but it just gets me that he is identified as a UT player. He made his choice to not be a Vol anymore.
bsc819 writes:
This is just a tragedy and a kid OD'ed on drugs. These kids should be charged for the party, but they didnt kill AD. He did it to himself and as sad as this is, punishing these kids isnt going to bring him back. RIP AD
BleedsOrangeinMO writes:
It's difficult to be "cool" or "in the cool group" when you are NOT doing something. The social pressure is put on all kids now days. To be "cool" one must be seen drinking, smoking pot or doing other drugs. We were all told "everybody" is doing it; when in fact only a minority are involved. It's hard to "look cool" when you are maintaining self discipline and not doing anything. Everyone wants to "belong" in some group.
TheOpinion writes:
Doesn't take a psychic to figure out you would blame your child's decision to go to a party and drink while underage on the person hosting the party. Coach em up.
BigBadVol writes:
I couldn't agree more. But his choices preceded that night, which ultimately lead to his demise. Life is about self responsibility. It may seem cruel to some but that is the way it is. I wish Aaron had made better choices. VFL
hcjournals#206623 writes:
All the saber rattling in the world won't bring Aaron back. Charging kids for having a party is ridiculous. Charging the kids who attended the party is ridiculous. Having drugs at a party is ridiculous. If there were conspicuous drugs at a party I would have left. Aaron was living a dangerous lifestyle and was mixing dangerous drugs. He died because of it. He didn't want to. He didn't mean to. But he did. No amount of police work in this case will undo what happpened or make anyone feel better. That's my guess. And he thought he was bigger than the game. And it's just too bad....Sorry for what the famiy is going through and sorry for Aaron that he doesn't get to live his life....
eprahm (Inactive) writes:
Very intelligent comment.
CarlChilders writes:
Kids have parties. None of them thought they were doing anything wrong. Countless others will do the same thing this weekend. He was old enough to make his own decisions.
Bloodrunzorange writes:
I reckon you are right. MMMM!
MusicCityVol writes:
Sad, sad deal. I hope this has an impact on someone and allows them to have the fear and respect of drugs that we all should.
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givehim6 writes:
Very immature opinion there. I may be old school but when you do a party you are responsible for the lives of who come, like a bartender in responsible for how many drinks they give someone. Looking cool is for teenagers, when your in your 21-25 or so your an adult, right?
Volin68 writes:
1st, I don't "think" any of them "thought" at all.
2nd, if nothing was done wrong, then why is AD dead?
Moral Relativism is a choice, and a bad one.
ellerbee123 writes:
I am a parent and put two daughters through college. The fact is college aged kids make their own choices. Obviously, Aaron Douglas made numerous bad choices in his short life but let's not blame his choices on everybody else. He, no one else, made the choice to use drugs just as he chose to drive drunk in December. What if some "innocent" person had been killed by him that night? So, let's not try to make a saint out of Aaron Douglas and blame everyone else. I bet his whole life someone else was always to blame when in reality, he is the one to blame.
BreatheUT writes:
This is probably displaced blame, but when someone dies then the system is going to go after somebody.
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OwensboroVol writes:
My heart weeps for this young man. May he rest without anything else being used to soil his memory.
Juzkruzin writes:
With this anount of different drugs in Douglas's system he was not experimenting with them. Call it like it was, he was a drug user and a drug abuser. Just because he played for the BO don't "sugar coat it". You are telling kids don't be stupid, if you use drugs. Why not say Look DRUGS WILL KILL YOU, IF YOU THINK THEY WILL NOT LOOK AT LEN BAIS AND AARON DOUGLAS, ITS THE SAME AS STICKING A GUN INTO YOUR MOUTH WITH ONE BULLET IN IT AND PULL THE TRIGGER. IT MAY NOT FIRE THE FIRST TIME, BUT KEEP DOING IT AND EVENTUALLY IT WILL FIRE AND YOU WILL BE DEAD!!!! NO DOUBT ABOUT IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
tnfanincali writes:
The only reason they should go after the kids that threw the party is if it is found that they supplied the drugs. AD is the one responsible for himself, unless someone held him down and forced him to take them, which is doubtful considering his is an offensive lineman. Things happen, and sometimes death is just a tragic accident.
vol98champ writes:
I should have put a coma after Douglas. If I had it would have read "Hope they do and scare the daylights out of young folks that are doing stupid experimentations with drugs, etc. From what I hear AD was into more than experimentations years ago. Why did Saban give him a scholly? I wouldn't have.
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